How to add, organize and manage pages

The Pages panel lists every page on the site. Use it to add pages, rename and reorder them, build the menu's drop-downs, pick the homepage and open each page's settings. Open Pages in the editor's left rail. Click a page to edit it on the canvas.

The panel has two tabs at the top: Pages and Popups. Popups are covered in How to create popups.

How to add a page

1. Open Pages and click Add page.
2. Pick a page type:
   • Blank Page: "Start with a clean canvas".
   • Designed Page: "Start from a page template". Pick a ready-made page from Designed Pages, or one of yours from My Custom Full Page Templates.
   • Dynamic Page: "One design, different content from a collection". One page design that shows each item of a collection, for example one page per service area.
   • Legal Page: "Privacy Policy, Terms of Service or Cookie Policy, written by Zeus".
   • Navigation Folder: "Group sub-navigation items like anchors and pages". A menu heading with no page of its own.
3. For a Blank Page, type the Page name. The address (slug) under it fills in by itself, for example "Roof Repair" becomes /roof-repair. Change the slug if you want a different address.
4. Click Create page. The new page opens on the canvas.

A new page starts with the same words as its name for its SEO title. After that the two are separate (see Page name vs SEO title below).

For a Navigation Folder, type the Folder name and click Create folder. For Dynamic Page, see Collections and dynamic pages. For Legal Page, see Legal pages.

The page list

Each row shows the page's name and small badges:

• A house icon: the homepage.
• A database icon: a dynamic page.
• A folder icon: a navigation folder.
• Draft: the page stays off the live site when you publish.
• An eye with a line through it: the page is hidden from the menu on some screen sizes.

How to reorder and nest pages

1. Hover a row and grab its handle (Drag to reorder).
2. Drag it up or down to move it. The menu follows the same order.
3. Drag it to the right, under another page or folder, to nest it. A teal line shows where it lands. Nested pages become a drop-down under their parent in the menu.
4. Drag it back to the left to move it to the top level.

You can nest one level deep. Any page or folder can be a parent. Dragging a dynamic page into a folder lists that collection's items under the folder in the menu.

The ⋯ menu

Hover a page and click ⋯ for its options. Some only show for certain pages.

• Rename: changes the page's name in the Pages panel, the menu, Manage Navigation, link pickers and the page switcher. Press Enter or click the tick to save. Renaming never changes the SEO title or the address.
• Set as homepage: makes this page the site's home (/). Not shown for the current homepage, folders or draft pages.
• Hide in nav: hover to pick Desktop, Tablet or Mobile. A tick means the page is hidden from the menu on that size. The page still exists and links to it still work.
• Duplicate: makes a copy named " Copy" at "-copy", with the same sections and SEO settings.
• Set as draft / Ready to publish: a draft "Stays off the live site when you publish". Ready to publish means it "Goes live with the next site publish". Not shown for the homepage or folders.
• Publish this page: puts only this page's content live: "Theme, header, footer and other pages stay as they are live." Shows This page is live when done. Only for pages that are already on the live site, and not for drafts, folders or dynamic pages.
• Page URL: shows the page's full address with Open and Copy, and lets you change it (see below). Not shown for folders.
• Show items in navigation and When someone visits / (dynamic pages only): see Collections and dynamic pages.
• Convert to dynamic page / Convert to regular page: not shown for the homepage, folders or popups.
• Page settings: opens the settings window (see below).
• Save Page as Template: saves the whole page as a Full Page template you can use on other sites. Agency team only. It only works on the page that's open: on other rows it's grayed out with "Switch to this page to save it as a template".
• Delete: removes the page after you confirm "Delete page ""? This cannot be undone." Not shown for the homepage. Pages inside a deleted folder move to the top level.

Page URL: see, copy or change a page's address

Open ⋯ → Page URL. On a dynamic page you can also click Page URL on the bar above the canvas.

The address. The top box shows the page's full address. On a published site that's your own domain once it's connected (for example acme.com/roof-repair), otherwise the free ….contentforge.website address. The line under it says where the page stands:

• Live — anyone can open this address. Open opens the live page in a new tab. Copy copies the address.
• This site isn't published yet or This page isn't live yet: there's no public address yet. Open shows the preview, which only people who can edit the site can see.
• This page is a draft: it opens at this address once you choose Ready to publish and publish the site.
• A dynamic page shows one entry's address, for example acme.com/service-area/portland. Every entry has its own address.

Change the URL.

1. Type the new address in Page URL (Base URL on a dynamic page). Only the last part changes. A page that sits under a path, like **/services/**roof-repair, keeps that part as it is.
2. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. Spaces turn into hyphens as you type. Problems show under the box straight away, for example "Use only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens — no symbols or accents" or "Another page already uses /contact".
3. Click Save URL. The editor stays on the page at its new address.

What happens to the old address.

• If the page has been published, a 301 redirect from the old address to the new one is added for you. The window says so, for example "Added a 301 redirect: /about now opens /our-story, so old links and search results keep working." On a dynamic page, every entry gets its own redirect. You'll find them in Site Dashboard → Additional Settings → URL Redirects.
• If the page has never been published, nothing outside the site links to it, so no redirect is added.
• Buttons, menus and other links you picked with the link picker follow the page to its new address by themselves.
• A link typed into text as the old address (for example /about) still points there. On a published page the redirect sends visitors on; it's still best to re-link it.
• The new address goes live the next time you publish the whole site. Until then the live site keeps the page at its old address. Publish this page can't publish an address change.

The homepage's URL can't be changed. It always opens at the site's main address (/). The window shows the address with Open and Copy and says "The home page always opens at the site's main address, so its URL can't be changed. To use this address for another page, make that page the home page first."

Page settings

Open ⋯ → Page settings. The window is called " — Settings" and has these tabs:

• SEO: the SEO title and description Google shows, social share image, canonical URL, No index, schema and header HTML. See Page SEO settings.
• General:
  • Page name: "Shown in the Pages panel and the site's menus." Up to 40 characters. Leave it empty to use a name worked out from the SEO title or the page's address.
  • Header on this page: Full site header ("The site header as on every other page.") or Logo and call only ("The site header without its menu or links to other pages. Good for ad landing pages."). The header keeps its design, colors, logo and top bar. The menu, the phone menu button, social icons and buttons to other pages go. Buttons that call or ask for a quote stay. Links in the header's text become plain words, except phone and email links.
  • With Logo and call only, three more options show:
    • Phone call button: Pinned bar (default): "On phones, a slim call bar pinned to the bottom of the screen. Computers and tablets show a call button in the header." The bar is one line with a phone icon, full width, and stays at the bottom while visitors scroll. The page gets extra space at the end so the bar never covers the footer or a form's button. On computers and tablets, if the header shows no call, a call button takes the menu's place. In the header: "A call button in the header on every screen size, where the menu was." Off: "No call button is added. A phone number already in the header still shows." The bar needs a phone number in Business Info, and doesn't show when the phone header already has its own call button.
    • Button words: Call now, Call + number (default, like "Call (707) 203-8432") or Custom (your own words, up to 40 characters). The line under it shows the words as they'll appear.
    • Color: Button style (default: the theme's button colors and font), Primary or Secondary (the theme color). The words switch to white or dark when needed so they always read.
  • Footer on this page: Full footer or Minimal footer ("The site footer with only the business name, phone and legal links."). It keeps the footer's design and text color. If the footer has no © line, phone or legal links, they're added.
  • The site header and footer themselves don't change. On a page set to Logo and call only or Minimal footer, the editor shows them as the page is published. Above the canvas a line says "This page uses the trimmed header (logo and call only)." with a Header options button. Click it, the header on the canvas, or the call bar (phone view) to open Header options on the right: the same header, footer and phone call button options, saved as you change them. The header's logo, colors and layout are edited on a page that shows the full header.
  • Cursor: Inherit ("Uses the site-wide cursor setting."), Override ("Use a different cursor on this page.", then pick the cursor and its effects) or Disable ("No custom cursor on this page."). See Cursor effects.
  • Click Save. Cancel closes without saving.
• Languages: only when the site has more than one language. See Multi-language sites.

Page name vs SEO title

Every page has two separate names:

• The Page name is what people see in your menus and what the editor calls the page. Change it with Rename or General → Page name.
• The SEO title is the title Google shows. Change it in Page settings → SEO → SEO title (shown in Google).

Changing one never changes the other. For example, keep the menu short with "Roofing", and give Google "Roof Repair in Austin, TX | Smith Roofing".

Examples

• Services drop-down: add a Navigation Folder called "Services", then drag "Roof Repair", "Gutters" and "Siding" under it. The menu shows Services with a drop-down.
• Thank-you page off the menu: add a "Thank You" page, then use Hide in nav for Desktop, Tablet and Mobile. Point your contact form's Go to a page at it.
• New page that isn't ready yet: add the page, choose Set as draft and keep building. Republishing the rest of the site leaves it off the live site until you choose Ready to publish.
• Fix one typo fast: on a live site, fix the text and choose ⋯ → Publish this page. The rest of the site stays as it is.
• Shorter address for an ad: open ⋯ → Page URL on "Roof Repair Services in Austin", change roof-repair-services-in-austin to roof-repair, click Save URL and publish the site. The old address redirects to the new one.
• Send a client their page: open ⋯ → Page URL and click Copy.

Limits and what it can't do

• Nesting is one level deep.
• The address "home" is taken by the homepage, and no page can use "blog" (the blog's address) or the site's own addresses (api, images, templates, root-files, sitemap-xml). A language's prefix (for example "es") is taken once that language is added.
• When you add a page and the address you type is taken, the page gets the next free one (for example /roof-repair-2). Page URL doesn't do that: it asks you to pick a free address.
• Page URL changes only the last part of a nested address. Moving a page under a different path isn't possible there.
• Folders have no address. The homepage's address can't change.
• An address change goes live with a full site publish, not with Publish this page.
• Folders and dynamic pages can't be the homepage. A draft page can't be the homepage either.
• The homepage can't be deleted or set as a draft.
• Deleting a page can't be undone. Links to it stop working (see Link picker).
• Popups, blog posts and blog layouts don't show in the page list. Popups have their own tab, and the blog is in the Blog panel.

Who can use it

• Agency team members with the Mount Olympus tool can do everything here. Save Page as Template is for the agency only.
• Client people always see the Pages panel and can click pages to open them. Adding, dragging, renaming, the ⋯ menu and Page settings need the Editor permission (see Client permissions).
• Publish this page needs the Publish or Republish permission for a client person.
• Changing a page's Header HTML needs Dev Mode.

Troubleshooting

• "Page name is required": type a name before clicking Create page.
• "Slug is required": the address box is empty. Type an address or retype the name.
• "Cannot create a page with slug "home"": the homepage already uses /home. Pick another address, or use Set as homepage on the new page.
• "The blog URL is reserved for blog posts": a dynamic page can't live at /blog. Pick another address.
• "“/es” is the address of the Spanish version of this site. Choose a different page URL.": the address starts with a language prefix. Pick another address.
• "Another page already uses /" (Page URL): pick a different address.
• "Use only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens — no symbols or accents", "Use hyphens instead of spaces", "Don't start or end with a hyphen or use two in a row": fix the address as the message says.
• "“/blog” is where the blog lives — choose a different URL" / "“/api” is used by the site itself — choose a different URL": these addresses are taken by the site. Pick another one.
• "The redirect from / couldn't be added …": the URL changed, but the redirect didn't save. Add it yourself in Site Dashboard → Additional Settings → URL Redirects before you publish.
• The live site still shows the old address: an address change goes live with the next full site publish.
• "A page with that slug already exists": another page already uses that address. Pick another one.
• "Only regular pages can be the homepage": folders and dynamic pages can't be home. Pick a normal page.
• "A draft page can’t be the home page. Set it to Ready to publish first.": choose Ready to publish, then Set as homepage.
• "Publish the site first" (on Publish this page): the site has never been published. Publish the whole site once.
• "New pages go live with a full site publish": this page isn't on the live site yet, so it can't be published alone. Publish the site.
• "Changing head code needs the Dev Mode permission": a client person without Dev Mode tried to change Header HTML. Ask the agency, or give them Dev Mode.
• "You can change SEO settings, but not the page itself": a client person with SEO but not Editor tried to rename or move a page.
• The page isn't in the menu: check Hide in nav for each screen size, and check it isn't a draft. Changes show on the live site after you publish.
• My new page isn't on the live site: it may be a Draft, or you haven't published since adding it.
• The renamed page still has the old title in Google: renaming changes the page name only. Change the SEO title in Page settings → SEO and republish.